George H.W. Bush knew the names of world leaders. If his son is elected president Tuesday, he could finally learn a few himself by just listening to tapes of dad...
If Vice President Al Gore secretly fears some Election Day avalanche, it was fitting that he was staring out at Mt. Rainier. We were somewhere between Portland, Ore., and Everett,...
Handgun Control, an active special interest group, is obviously tickled pink that it could corral the president of the United States. "Between now and Election Day, at least 2,000 Americans...
Michael Moore, a talented and at times boorish filmmaker, was thoroughly enjoying the sound of his own voice, condemning the major political parties as useless and corrupt before nearly 10,000...
Political rallies seldom require the use of earplugs. But when Ralph Nader came to the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois on Tuesday night, with Eddie Vedder of Pearl...
Stuart Eizenstat, a most serious fellow in placid times, is verging on the grim as he endures a state of High Frazzle. The deputy treasury secretary of the United States...
On a perfectly lovely, mid-60ish fall afternoon, the sun was shining upon Wade Henderson in a tranquil park as he discussed hate. Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on...
Shallow Throat ambled my way just moments before an elite panel of experts on sound gathered at the National Archives last week. They were mulling the possibility of recovering any...
As I entered Tom Downey's office, the anticipation was killing me. I simply had to ask whether he'd perfected the smirk of Texas Gov. George Bush. "The last thing we...
Your do-little Congress has finally put aside election-year posturing on matters ranging from estate taxes to deadly Firestone tires and agreed on something, in what amounts to a vivid, uplifting...